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| Forces | 11/16/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: I once again want to go back to the problem of what forces and masses are. Though we have discussed ...
A: Yes Shikhin, this is correct. To go a bit of polishing I would remark that instead of [Q]The first ...
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| Forces | 11/15/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: I once again want to go back to the problem of what forces and masses are. Though we have discussed ...
A: Well Shikhin, the reason for [Q]The question then is, why does it distribute itself so as to cause ...
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| Forces | 11/14/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: I once again want to go back to the problem of what forces and masses are. Though we have discussed ...
A: it depends on the nature of the interaction that you impose on your particles. But as you have ...
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| capacitor | 11/10/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: Let me translate my question from my book (if I can do so): We have the capacitor with capacitance ...
A: [Q]We have the capacitor with capacitance 13.5 pF it charged with a battery with the potential ...
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| graduate school | 10/29/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: i am an immigrant who came to the U.S. some 10+ years ago. Here i did poorly in academics, and it ...
A: I think that in your situation it is very much given: 1) poor academic history both in length and in ...
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| Gauss's law and Ampere's law | 10/26/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: Consider any imaginary closed surface and a charge q located outside it. Now the gauss's law states ...
A: I appreciate the advance you've made in your electrostatic study. Regarding your hollow shell as ...
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| Gauss's law and Ampere's law | 10/25/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: Consider any imaginary closed surface and a charge q located outside it. Now the gauss's law states ...
A: for your first problem, you need to understand, what "net flux" means. It does not mean "no flux ...
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| A Career in Physics | 10/24/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: Currently, I'm a seventh grader who has a dream of pursuing a career in mathematics or science. My ...
A: What degree do you have to at least earn? I know experimental physicists, who have a Master's ...
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| electrostatics | 10/20/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: First of all I'm sorry for using nonsensical terminology. I do understand, with absolute clarity, ...
A: [Q]So the statement that the system will try to decrease it's pot. energy is just another way of ...
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| electrostatics | 10/15/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: First of all I'm sorry for using nonsensical terminology. I do understand, with absolute clarity, ...
A: I accept your explanation. At the same time I must require for you to not write vaguely and ...
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| physics higher studies | 10/13/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: I will complete my B.Tech. in computer sciences in july 2010 from NIT,Kurukshetra(India).But I am ...
A: I guess first you could read all the answers I wrote to your fellow students today and over the past ...
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| Electrostatics | 10/13/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: There are two conceptual problems that have been worrying me since pretty long. I've tried to reason ...
A: Question 1: [Q] This field is same at every point in space and doesn't increase or decrease if we ...
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| Clarification regarding admission to Phd program | 10/13/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: I am senthilnathan. I wish to pursue phd in astrophysics in abroad. Which country is best for phd in ...
A: the TOEFL applies to English-speaking countries: United Kingdom, USA, Canada, Australia, New ...
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| Electrostatics | 10/11/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: There are two conceptual problems that have been worrying me since pretty long. I've tried to reason ...
A: the answer to the first question is relatively easy. But one must first understand, that the battery ...
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| career guidance | 10/11/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: Sir,I am really interested in physics and i wish to work for NASA, its my ambition.But i am really ...
A: you need to take your education plans from a different point of view. NASA are hiring people from a ...
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| Relation between electricity and magnetism | 10/5/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: I have one little doubt that I'd like to clarify befor I move on to the main question of the ...
A: I apologize for the delay, I have been on holidays without posting it up on AllExperts site. [Q] If ...
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| Orbit Time x ? | 10/3/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: Orbit Time x ? I am so excited about this question, For the sake of the question let's ...
A: I am not sure I understand your formulation of the problem. Allow me to re-state it in my own words ...
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| thermal radiation | 10/1/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: I read about stefan's law and black body radiation. But I don't really understand what does it mean ...
A: black body radiation is electromagnetic, because it is considering vacuum as the medium, where the ...
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| reversible and irreversible processes | 9/16/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: I just can not get my head around this idea of reversible processes. This is what I know. A quasi ...
A: the asymmetry that troubles you is difficult to prove without the proper (complicated) maths. ...
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| reversible and irreversible processes | 9/15/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: I just can not get my head around this idea of reversible processes. This is what I know. A quasi ...
A: once state variables are not defined, energy (heat) transfer to and from walls can be described only ...
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| reversible and irreversible processes | 9/14/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: I just can not get my head around this idea of reversible processes. This is what I know. A quasi ...
A: Firstly, when you suggest your non-equilibrium process ("the pressure and temperature will be ...
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| zero point particle production | 9/14/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: I am a non-scientist adult but very curious about quantum physics. I read that quantum theory ...
A: the way I understand it - being an experimentalist and not a theorist - the particle pairs do not ...
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| Career | 9/10/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: I am a student of class 12 I really want to become a physicist. What should I do after school?
A: I take 12th grade meaning the final grade of the senior high-school. If you want to become a ...
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| How the physics is useful to a computer Students | 9/10/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: Respected Sir, I am a post graduate in the physics (Basically I am from INDIA)and i would like to ...
A: I understand there are two questions in what you ask: 1) what use is physics to programmers and 2) ...
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| intensity and frequency of light | 9/10/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: how the energy of light that is responsble for the intensity of light is different than that for the ...
A: Versha, light consists of photons, which are energy quanta. Energy of a single quantum is related ...
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| isothermal processes | 9/9/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: In an isothermal process, say a process on an ideal gas in a a container fitted with a light, ...
A: that version of the Second Law of thermodynamics speaks about efficiency of cycles (engines, ...
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| Career in theoretical physics | 9/3/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: Sir, I am doing my second year of electronics and communication engineering in PSG College of ...
A: My sincere apologies for answering this late. Even in the USA, where you are allowed to start a ...
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| advice | 8/31/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: I'm currently in an associates bio-tech program. but my love is physics, i like black holes, light ...
A: Karl, the answer is "almost certainly no". In my opinion no-one can learn all the undergraduate ...
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| Physics and energy production | 8/27/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: I am 29 and am interested in getting into studying the areas of energy production, and possibly ...
A: through science or engineering it is possible (quite usual in fact) to specialize in alternative ...
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| seeking a career | 8/27/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: i curently don't know what to study when i leave high school' but i'm good in Maths,Science and ...
A: with interest in physics and good marks in maths and science you have a huge number of options. You ...
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| Entropy | 8/27/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: This is the first time I've started studying the topic of thermodynamics in any detail. It's the ...
A: entropy is indeed a measure of randomness in a system, but you cannot start understanding it from ...
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| advice | 8/22/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: I'm currently in an associates bio-tech program. but my love is physics, i like black holes, light ...
A: M.D.'s are paid a lot because they have a lot of responsibility in their work - their decisions ...
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| Modern Scientific Approach | 8/19/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: This is regarding the definition of "SCIENCE". The most widely availible definition out there is ...
A: people, scientists do try and find the answers to deeper questions, but the most they can do is to ...
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| Rotation | 8/18/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: Still wanted to discuss a little more about it. Consider the plank again. In free space, if I apply ...
A: it is an error to think that the F' as a result of F acting away from COM diminishes from point of ...
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| Rotation | 8/16/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: Still wanted to discuss a little more about it. Consider the plank again. In free space, if I apply ...
A: Shikhin, I don't know, if I will answer this time around, what you are trying to get at, but I ...
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| physics | 8/12/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: please i want to where a physics electronics graduate can work, and what are the types of jobs they ...
A: a physics electronics graduate can work in national laboratories of many countries, universities or ...
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| Quantum mechanics and astrology.... | 8/5/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: I wanted to discuss a very interesting thing with you. You may not have an exact explanation for ...
A: I didn't know about his Nadi Astrology at all before you mentioned it. I will tell you my opinion, ...
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| Adopting a subject as a hobby | 8/4/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: I was planning to enhance my skills of Engineering Drawing in which I am very much interested. ...
A: my apologies for the late answer, after vacations I had to solve some issues at work.... Without ...
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| rotation | 8/4/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: Hope you had a nice vacation. I wanted to still discuss the rotation model that i gave previously. ...
A: the experimental fact is that the plank starts to rotate, hence the force F acting in a point at a ...
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| career in TP | 7/11/2009 | Daniel Mazur |
Q: I just read another answer of yours to a guy called ankit, I guess, and you said that it requires a ...
A: Shikhin, I think that you can plan on 20-30 credit hours of school per semester, which is 4-6 hours ...
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